Transitioning from a linear economy towards a circular economy: The case of the apparel industry

Abstract

is a researcher in Biotechnology Engineering. Her last job position was being a Process Control Engineer at Philip Morris Mexico with experience working abroad. She managed plant's KPI's and process waste reduction and control through the implementation of standards and focus improvement projects.Golam Sarwar has M.Sc., Licentiate (Tech) and D.Sc. (Tech) degrees in Chemical Engineering. He works as the university lecturer at Aalto school of chemical technology. His teaching and research involves process synthesis, design, operation, integration and optimization, as well as costs, industrial risk, inherent safety, occupational health and pollution prevention. Dr. Golam is the research director of W 2 research community at the School of Chemical Engineering, Aalto University.Gyöngyi Kovács is the Erkko Professor in Humanitarian Logistics at the Hanken School of Economics, where she is also heading the subject of Supply Chain Management and Social Responsibility. Earlier, she has led the Humanitarian Logistics and Supply Chain Research Institute (HUMLOG Institute), and she is a founding editor of the Journal of Humanitarian Logistics and Supply Chain Management. Her main research interests are sustainable supply chain management, and humanitarian logistics.

The Legal Transition towards a More Circular Electrical and Electronic Equipment Chain—A Case Study of The Netherlands

“…In addition, it is important that there are adequate standards and methods in order to prove compliance, to monitor and to enforce these ecodesign requirements [52,54,67,83,88,89,94]. Nevertheless, it has been pointed out in literature and by an interviewee that it is difficult to check if products meet product requirements, especially as products are mostly manufactured outside of Europe [16,52,93]. Lastly, it has been argued that too many and too detailed ecodesign requirements might actually hamper innovation, which is undesirable for the CE transition [95,96].…”

“…Waste EEE (WEEE) is also one of the fastest growing waste streams in the EU [3,10]. Because of growing prosperity [5], rapid innovations and competition within the sector [12,16], and declining product lifetimes [12], the consumption of EEE is expected to keep increasing in the future, simultaneously leading to an increase of WEEE. However, only about 40% of all WEEE is being recycled [3,7], and the reuse rate is estimated at only 1% of all collected WEEE [8,16].…”

Understanding approaches to complexity and uncertainty in closed-loop supply chain management: Past findings and future directions

“…Recent studies have argued that transitioning towards a CLSC is hindered by the effects of dynamic complexity and deep uncertainty (Linder et al, 2017, Velte et al, 2016.…”

“…Multidimensional nonlinear interactions cause the emergence of dynamic or even chaotic or random patterns in a system's autonomous adaptive economic, ecological and societal behaviours (hereinafter 'emergent patterns'). For instance, an increase in re-use and recycling in European countries can over time, lead to a decrease in employment in remote cotton producing countries, such as India (Van der Heijden et al, 2017). Furthermore, multidimensional nonlinear relationships between business activities also influence the process of anticipative and adaptive steering towards structural system change (Grin et al, 2010).…”

Making a Transition toward more Mature Closed-Loop Supply Chain Management under Deep Uncertainty and Dynamic Complexity: A Methodology

“…While some supply chain actors already implemented and adjusted to some CLSC interventions, e.g., introducing material recovery or closed-loop logistics, others may not have implemented any CLSC interventions yet. For example, van der Heijden et al [4] studied the apparel supply chain in-depth and observed substantial differences between various supply chain actors with regard to the issue of closing the loop. Some actors appear to be in a 'business-as-usual' stage, questioning the urgency of making a transition towards a CLSC.…”